Cigar-mold.



G. E. BENEDICT & P. NORDEGK.

CIGAR MOLD.

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, CIGAR-MOLD.

Specification of Letters Patent. 1

f Patent dse t; s, .1914;

Application filedAugust 9, 1913. Serial No. 783,906. i

To aZZ whom it may concern.

Be it known that we, CHARLES 'E. BENE- D101 and PHILIP NORDECK, citizens of the United States, and residents of the city of Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cigar-Molds, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification.

In the manufacture of cigar molds the greatest difficulty is to obtain a mold which will not warp or bend and in which the cups and matrices will not slip out of place or become bent and broken.

It is the object of this invention to provide a cigar mold which is safeguarded against these difficulties and this we accomplish by that certain construction and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter specifically pointed out and claimed.

In the drawings -Figure 1 is a perspeo.

tive view of the cigar mold in closed position, Fig. 2 1s a central vertical section thereof, taken through a cup. Fig. 3' is a side elevation of the same taken from the op It is desired in the matter so far men tioned to employ the usual forms well known to the art. Posts 5 are placed on the lid por-v tion as is usual in the art and proper holes for them provided in the bottom portion.

The special shape and form of matrix or mold shown in the drawings is merely'tlie form adopted for illustration, it being understood that the features so shown vary with each mold, being regulated by the shape of cigar that it is desired to press .be-, tween the cups and the matrices of the two parts of the mold. The novelty resides in the method of reinforcing the construction as will be fully developed.

Although it is not a necessary feature of 7 our. device, it may be noted that the .mold is made up in the usual way before the reinforcement is-applied. That is, the matrlx piece is glued'on to the bottom, and the cups are glued on to the lid.. The'po'sts are also placed in the lid, thus making'al complete mold after the old pattern; these parts'of a mold isreinforced after the mold is made up."

' To reinforce the bottom and the matrices, there is set intothe wood thestrips6 6.

Each one of They are set in horizontally in each side of the completed bottom between. the bottom piece and thematrices, and so'positioned that the inside edges ofthe strips bear on both the poplar and the cross-grain oftlie two pieces, as indicated at 6 (Figs. 1 and 2) The factthat the reinforcing strip is set up against both of the pieces, makes much more for the strength of theunion of the two, than if, say, it extended clear across between them and did notlabut on either piece at any l point, or ifit was 'setinto one of the pieces only. To slide at all, or to warp out of line,v with the structure described would only occur when a number of glued surfaces had come apart, instead of uponthe separating 7 of but one glued surface.

3 To reinforce'the' lid and cups, there is set into the wood the strips 7- 77. No special'number of strips is desired to be speci I fied. They are to be set intothe wood vertically, and it is preferred to-have them'run the whole length of the'lid from end to end,

and to extend entirely through the lid portion proper, and part way into the base portion of the cups. It is desired to have one of the strips set into the posts 5. .Thisstrip would then extend through the post as far as it was set into the lid portion, and partly beyond the inner. surface of the lid. The

fact that the strips extend into the base portion of the cups asindicated at 88, as is plain, holds the cups from lateral movement on the lid. This is a very important matter in the art of mold construction because the'cups are often of quite delicate construction, and a slight shifting or raismg would cause them to break, as well as to spoil the article being molded. To warp ing, these strips also present an effective bar, because the shrinking or expanding preliminary to warping is stopped'by the strips, owing to the fact that they are set into the bases of the cups.

The feature inconnection with the rein 'forcement of the post has the obvious ad vantage of keeping it in place, and the post also acts, in'turn, on the strip, to make firmer its attachment. The curling or warping of the lid itself is effectually stopped. The lid is divided into as many parts plus one as there are strips inserted, glued to the bases of the cups, and glued to the strips; and this structure is very effective in preventing the Warping and curling so common in the art.

The number of strips in the lid and cups would be, of course, determined by thesize of mold desired and by the expense of manufacture, but we prefer to use at least three, because the placing of wet tobacco .within to the mold, and the damp atmosphere in which goods in the process ,of molding must be kept, makethe probability of warping very great.

WVe preferably set the reinforcing strips into the parts of the mold by sawing a proper kerf for them in the completed molds as above mentioned, and gluing them in place. We .do not, however, W1sh to be limlted to any one way of making up the reinforced molds.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a device of the character specified, a means of reinforcing and holding against displacement the parts of the same, comprising strips of wood set in between the surfaces to be reinforced and engaging the surfaces in more than one plane.

2. In a cigar mold of the character specified, a means ofreinforcing and holding against displacement the parts of the same, comprising. strips of'wood set in between the surfaces to be reinforced and engaging the surfaces in a lateral and a vertical plane.

8. Ina cigar mold of the character specitied, ameans of reinforcing and holding against displacement the parts of the same, comprising strips of wood, set 1n between 5. In a cigar mold of the character specified, a means of reinforcing and holding against displacement the parts of the lid thereof, comprising a plurality of strips set vertically in the lid piece, one of said strips being set into the connecting posts of said mold, and said strips extending into and engagingthe cup pieces, for the purpose described.

6. In a cigar mold of the character specitied, a means of reinforcing and holding against displacement the bottom and matrices thereof, comprising a plurality of strlps set horizontally in the bottom, said strips extending into and engaging the matrices, for the purpose described.

CHARLES E. BENEDICT. PHILIP NORDEOK.

Attest:

AUGUS B. Dorrns, J. AsoI-InNBAorI.

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